both planets are actually a comparable shade of greenish blue. well, to help us understand this, i mjoined by professor catherine heymans. she s the astronomer royal for scotland, and a professor of astrophysics at the university of edinburgh. hello to you. thank you very much forjoining us. hello to you. thank you very much forjoining m hello to you. thank you very much forjoining ve for “oining us. please explain, why did forjoining us. please explain, why did we think forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they were forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they were these - did we think they were these different colours to begin with? these images that we are used to seeing are from the voyager two nation. it was a nasa spacecraft that was launched in the late 70s and took images of uranus and neptune in the late 80s by the time it got there. now, the way you and i see colour is we have photo re
trouble. and the controversial american tv talk show host jerry springer has died at the age of 79. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the latest in the crisis in sudan. the national army and rapid support forces have agreed to extend a three day ceasefire shortly before it was due to expire. almost two weeks of clashes between the factions have left hundreds of people dead and forced tens of thousands from their homes. thousands of people are still trying to flee the country. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports now from cyprus, where some evacuees are still arriving. at the airfield in khartoum, desperate crowds with just one hope to escape. everyone here has made a dangerous journey. a military operation described as even more complex than the evacuation from afghanistan, and no one knows when the last flight out will go. larnaca airport first stop to safety.
hello and welcome to the programme. i m victoria valentine. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmons, has tweeted: and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, apparently show an apartment building ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet independently verified the pictures, but they are being widely shared. both sides in the conflict in sudan have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another three days. the ceasefire had only been partly effective with heavy fighting taking place in parts of the capital, khartoum. almost two weeks of clashes between the two factio
race from a top four finish will be the first premier league fixtures with three of the teams featuring vying for the champions league places. newcastle a third right now and play everton who are second from bottom. southampton also playing bournemouth and also manchester united travel to tottenham. tottenham stayed in to play spurs under another caretaker manager. fix, under another caretaker manager. reaction because as a professional when you have a result like we did we want the action. i expect one. absolutely. i think that takes care of itself as a professional and you see with a gesture that the players have done for the fans as well, we were hurting but, ultimately, that was a couple of days ago now and our focus is on thursday and we re going to face that with the full belief that we can get a positive result. i have to make sure our players are ready have to make sure our players are ready for have to make sure our players are ready for tomorrow facing a good opp
matthew will sit here and you two can go. four care workers are found guilty of mistreating patients at a specialist hospital for people with learning disabilities and autism in county durham. he says he scared the truth will get him in he says he scared the truth will get him in big he says he scared the truth will get him in big trouble. and the controversial american tv talkshow host jerry springer has died, at the age of 79. on bbc london, attacked in the west end, paul mason died six months later. tonight, his family is calling for the man responsible to have his prison sentence reviewed. good evening. the fragile ceasefire between sudan s warring military factions is due to expire in five hours time. thousands of people are trying to flee the country. among them, british nationals, who are being told by the foreign office that evacuation efforts will be potentially impossible once a ceasefire ends. so far, around 500 british nationals have managed to leave the co